Cigar-making machine.



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CIGAB MAKING MACHINE.

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CIGAR MAKING MACHINE.

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JOHN Ef WiLLrAMS, OE EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To THE JOI-1NR. WILLIAMS COMPANY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

ClGAR-MAKING MACHINE.

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To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. WILLIAMS, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cigar-making machines, and particularly to machines for forming the head ends of cigars.

In accordance with my invention the cigar after having been Wrapped and while the end of the wrapper is loose and projecting from the end of the cigar ready to be finally applied and the head of the cigar finished in the usual manner is introduced to the machine made the Subject hereof, and the said projecting end of the wrapper is by means of said machines and without the employment of hand-labor applied to the end of the cigar and the latter finished to completion.

I have termed the machine made the subject hereof a cigar-heading machine, since, as above indicated, the wrapper is applied by any of the usual methods to the body of the cigar, leaving the end of the wrapper loose at the head of the cigar, and the head of the cigar is then completed by said machine.

I have embodied my invention in the Inachine shown in the accompanying drawings, said machine comprising a rotatoryframe having a clamp in which the cigar to be finished or headed is placed, a thimble having a coneshaped recess to receive the head end of the cigar held by the said clamp, a knife or cutter for trimming the projecting end of the leaf at the head end of the cigar, pasting devices for properly applying an adhesive substance to the leaf in order to secure 'it permanently in place, means for trimming the tuck end of the cigar, means for removing the cigar from the said rotatory frame after the cigar has been completed, and operative mechanism for actuating the various parts hereinbefore referred to.

The objects of the invention are to diminish the time, labor, and expense incident to finishing the heads of cigars and to produce a machine which will automatically and perfectly finish the cigars, the latter when ejected from the machine being ready for the market.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a top view of a machine con- Structed in accordance with and embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the thimble which receives the head end of the cigar to complete the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse section of the machine on the dotted line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a like section through the machine on the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a like section of the machine on the dotted line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through a portion of the machine on the dotted line 7 7 of Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a longitudinal vertical section through a portion of the machine on the dotted line 8 8 of Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a detached perspective view of a short shaft 63, shown in side elevation in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is an enlarged transverse section through the machine on the line of the clamping-fingers 68 69 and shows the cigar in position between said lingers, this section corresponding substantially with Fig. 4, but showing the clamping part-s iu their closed operative position, while in Fig. 4 the same parts are shown in their normal at-rest position. Fig. 11 is a vertical transverse section through the machine on the dotted line 11 11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a top View, partly in horizontal section, through a portion of the machine, looking downward upon the thimble 99 and lower half 56 of the rotatory frame 67, by which the cigar is given its rotary motion. Fig. 13 is a detached side elevation of the knife which in use trims the Overhanging portion of the tobacco-leaf adjacent to the left-hand end of the thimble 99. Fig. 14 is an enlarged central vertical longitudinal section through the paste-reservoir and parts connected therewith. Fig. 15 is a view, partly broken away, of the inner face of the plate 172, forming a part of the clutch mechanism for operating the piston of the pastcreservoir.

Fig. 16 is a vertical section IOO through the piston-rod of the paste-reservoir, the section being on the dotted line 16 16 of Fig. 14 and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 17 is an elevation of the machine looking at the right-hand end of the same. Fig. 18 is an enlarged edge view of the operating-arm 235, connected with the mechanism at the right-hand end of the machine. Fig. 19 is a face view of same. Fig. 2O is a top view, partly broken away, of the carriage which carries the tuck-cutting knives. Fig. 21 is an inner face view of one section of the clutch mechanism connected with the main driving-shaft of the machine. Fig. 22 is a vertical section of same on the dotted line 22 22 of Fig. 21. ofthe other Section of said clutch mechanism connected with the main driving-shaft. Fig. 24 is a vertical section of same on the dotted line 24 24 of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a detached perspective view of a block 40, carried by the main driving-shaft intermediate the clutchsections shown in Figs. 21 an'd 23. Fig. 26

is a detached perspective view of a dog 42,-

forming a part of the clutch mechanism connected with the main driving-shaft; and Figs. 27 to 43, inclusive, illustrate detailed views of the various cams and gears forming parts of the machine and are specifically referred to, and the said parts are designated by reference-numerals hereinafter.

In the drawings, 30 denotes the supporting bed or frame of the machine, 31 the main driving-shaft, and 32 the usual belt-wheel by which power may be applied to the shaft 31 and from said shaft to the operative parts of the machine. The shaft 31 is provided with clutch mechanism of any suitable character which will automatically cut off the power of the belt-wheel 32 from the shaft31 at the end of each rotation of the latter.

The machine will be provided with a pawl 33, Figs. 1 and 4, for automatically effecting the disengagement of the parts of the main clutch andthe consequent stopping of the shaft 31 at the end of each rotation of said shaft, and upon the release of said pawl 33 from the clutch mechanism by the manual act of the operator said clutch mechanism will again communicate the motion of the beltiwheel 32 to the lnain driving-shaft 3l.

Several forms of clutch mechanism forstopping the shaft 31 at the end of each of its rotations and again starting the shaft 3l are well known in this art, and thisinvention is not limited to any special means for stopping or starting the shaft 31. In the drawings, however, I illustrate a specially desirable clutch mechanism, the details of which are presented in Figs. 21 to 26, inclusive, and the exterior of which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which it will be observed that the clutch 34 is mounted on the end of the main driving-shaft 31 and comprises twov main parts 35 36, the former of which isintegral with aspur gear-Wheel 37, which is in mesh With the pinion 38, connected with the belt-wheel 32, said Fig. 23 is an inner face view' belt-wheel and pinion being mounted on the stud or short axle 39, upon which is also freely mounted the pawl 33,hereinbefore mentioned.

The main parts 35 36 of the clutch 34 areV brought into face-to-face contact,as indicated in Fig. 2, and are normally free "upon the i' shaft 31, while keyedupon said shaft and inclosed between said parts 35V and 36 is the block 40, having a bearing-head 4l, upon which is mounted the dog 42, Figs. 21 to 26, inclusive, which has a socket to fit and turn on said head 41 and an end to lock with the serrated inner surface 43of the rimeof/the clutch-section 35 when'pressed and held out- Y ward against said surface, as shown in Fig.'Y

2l, by the spring 49, carried by said block 40. When the clutch-section 35 and dog 42are in engagement with one another, as shown in Fig. 21, the motion of the belt-wheel 32V and pinion 38 will be communicated to the.

gear 37 and clutch-section 35 and be by said clutch-section 35 imparted through the dog 42 and block 40 to the drivin g-shaft 311, whereby said shaft will be rotated. The clutchsection 36, in connection with the pawl 33, is utilized to disengage at the proper time the dog 42 from the clu tch-section 35, so that said section 35, while continuing to rotate, shall have no effect upon the block 40 and drivingshaft 3l, and to this end the clutch-section 36 has on its inner face the stud 44, which. lies in near relation to the shank end of the dog Y 42 and which when the clutch-section 36 is arrested by the pawl 33 will form an obstruction against which said shank end will press, with the result of turning theV outer end of the dog 42 from the said su rface43 and allowi ing the clutch-section 35 to cont-inne its rotation without imparting its movement to the driving-shaft 3l. The stud 44 of the clutchsection 36 preferably contains a yielding spring-plunger 45 for contact with the shank end ofthe dog 42, and said clutch-section 36 is formed with theinnerstud46, which lies close to the angular edge 47 of the block 40 and serves to assure the correct relation of the stud 44 to the dog 42. Theengaging end of the pawl 33 rides on the edge of the clutch-section 36, and at the end of each revolution of the main driving-shaft 31 said end of said pawl hooks Y upon the shoulder 4S on said edge andr holds the said section 36 stationary, with the result,

above described, of cutting otf the power fromY Y and thus arresting the shaft 31.

-The pawl 33 will hold the clutch-section 36 v stationary, and thereby keep the power from til the pawl 33 again meets the shoulder 48. Y

and arrests the clutch-section 36.

The pawl 33 will be controlled by any suitable means; but in the present instance it is connected by a link 50, Fig. 4, with a pivoted lever l, Fig. l, which is heavier atits righthand end and keeps the hooked end of said pawl in contact with the edge of the clutchsection 36, with the result that at each revolution of the said section 36 the pawl 33 will engage the shoulder 48 and cut oi the power of the belt-wheel 32 from the driving-shaft3l.

When the pawl 33 is to be freed from the clutch-section 36, so as to permit the power of the belt-Wheel 32 to again reach the shaft 3l, the said pawl may be lifted by hand from the said section 36 for a moment to permit the said section to start to rotate, or the saine result may be accomplished by pressing upward on the right-hand end of the lever 5l, and thereby causing theleft-hand end of said lever to pull downward on the arm 52 of said pawl 33 and temporarily lifting the engaging end ot' said pawl from the shoulder 48 of the clutch-section 36.

Rotary frame cmd cigmclctmpThe cigar is held at iis body portion during the completion of the head end of the cigar by springpressed clamping-fingers 68 69, Figs. 4 and l0, which are connected with and carried by a rotatory frame, which for convenience is designated in its entirety by the numeral 67 and is in the form of a broad divided gearwheel, Figs. 4, 10, and l2, whose two halves (numbered 55 56) are mounted to rotate when together within a frame or casing composed ofthe upper and lower sections 57 and 58, the latter being rigidly mounted and the upper section 57 being in the form of a cap and adapted to be raised from and lowered upon the lower section 58. The upper section 57 always carries one-half 55 of the frame 67, and said section 57 is integral with a frame 59, which is formed with the sleeves 60 6l, Fig. 8, mounted to turn in bearings at the upper ends of the standards 62.62 and freely receiving the short shat't 63, which may rotate within said sleeves 60 6l and, as hereinafter explained, contributes to the rotation ot' the rotatory frame 67 and clamp-fingers 68 69, together with the cigar 70, Fig. l0, held by said iingers. The outer end of the sleeve 60 also furnishes a bearing for the left-hand end of the oscillatory shaft 64, which extends longitudinali)7 of the machine and has its right-hand end mounted in the standard 65.

The upper and lower sections 57 58 of the frame or casing for the rotatory frame 67 form when together a circular runway for said frame 67, and said sections 57 58, more clearly shown in Fig. 12, are groove-d at opposite edges, as at 66, to receive the iianged edges of said rotatory frame 67. The geari.eetli of the frame 67 are numbered 7l in Fig. l2, which more clearly shows the width `and deiines the location of said teeth, and `said gear-teeth when the sections 55 and 56 i are together form a complete gear-wheel and constitute the means by which rotary motion is imparted to said frame 67, the clamp-fingers 68 69, and cigar 70.

The clamp-iingers 68 69 are of a form to inclose the cigar 70 between them, and there are two fingers 68 and one finger 69, the latter lying on the plane of the space between the lingers 68. The fingers 68 and 69 are at their shank ends secured on pins 72, Figs. 4 and l0, and provided with toothed segments 73, which are in constant mesh with each other and insure the simultaneous and uniform movement of said fingers 68 and 69 toward and from each other. The pins 72 72, holding the fingers 68 69, are both carried by the lowerhalf 56 of the frame 67, the upperpin 72 being fastened to an arm 74, Figs. 2 and l2, which extends upward from said half 56. Upon the said upper pin 72 is a coiled spring 75, Figs. l, 2, and l2, which presses against the fingers 68, and consequently exerts a constant tension to close the fingers 68 69 toward each other. The inner one of the fingers 68 contains in an extension a slot 76, Figs. 4 and lO, receiving a pin 77, extending outward from the upper half 55 of the frame 67, and said pin 77 when the cap-section 57 and upper half 55 of the frame 67 are moving to their open position (shown in Fig. 4) engages the said fingers 68 and compels the same to be open upward, whereby, due to the segments 73, the clamp-fingers are caused to separat-e from one another and release the cigar. When the cap-section 57 closes downward to move the half 55 of t-he frame 67 downward to its closed position, the pin 77 allows the fingers 68 69 to first close against the cigar 70 under the pressure of the spring and then follows down the slot 76, Fig. l0, to prevent said fingers from separating during the rotation of said lingers and cigar with the frame 67.

The surfaces ot' the sections 55 56 do not bind against the body of the cigar 70, but receive between them the cigar, and the fingers 68 69 clamp the cigar and hold it centrally within t-he bore or chamber formed between said sections 55 56. The fingers 68 69 form, however, a partoii the rotatory frame 67 and rotate with it.

The sections 57 58 of the casing for the` frame 67 when closed together by the lowering of the section 57 become locked together by the automatic engagement of the latch 78 with the pin 79 of the section 57, Figs. 4 and l0, and said section 57 cannot be opened upward until said latch 78 is released from said pin 79, which release is effected automatically, as hereinafter described.

The frame 67 receives its motion from the main driving shaft 3l through the gearwheel 80, Figs. 34 and 35, on Said shaft, Figsl, 4, 5, 8, and l0, the pinion-wheel 8l, to mesh with said gear-wheel 8O and mounted on the shaft 63, Fig. 8, and the gear-wheel 82, Figs. 36 and 37, which is in one piece with said pinionwheel 81 and in direct engagementat all times IOO IIO

with the gear-teeth of the sections 55 and 56 of the clamp-frame 67. The gear-wheel 82 thus receives its motion from the main driving-shaft 31 and directly effects the rotation of the frame 67, the latter during the rotation'of the said gear-wheel 82 causing the cigar and lingers 68 69 to rotate with it.

It is desirable that the frame 67 shall cease to rotate before the driving-shaft 31 completes its revolution, and hence means are provided for locking the gear-wheel 82 against movement during the latter part of the rotation of the driving-shaft 31, and these means consist in omitting'a part of the teeth from the gear-wheel and in providing upon one edge of the said gear-wheel 80 a flange 83 for engagement with the locking-dog 84, Figs. 4, 8, 10, 36, and 37, which is rigid with the pinionwheel 81 and gear-wheel 82. The pinion-wheel 81 will rotate so long as the teeth of the gearwheel 8O are moving against the same; but it is desirable that after the teeth of the gearwheel 8O leave the teeth of the pinion-wheel 8l the said pinion-wheel, with its gear-wheel 82, shall be absolutely locked against all motion during the continuance of the motion of the driving-shaft 3l and gear-wheel 80, and to secure this locking of the pinion-wheel 81 and its parts the dog 84 engages the flange 83, as shown in Fig. l0, and remains in such engagement during all of the time that the gear-wheel 80 is in motion after its teeth have left the pinion-wheel 81. The length of time the dog 84 shall remain in engagement with the flange 83 is governed entirely by the length of the latter, and hence the flange 83 will be of such length as to pass from contact with the dog 84 at the time the teeth of the gear-wheel 80 are to again engage the pinion-wheel 81. The gear-wheel 8O thus transmits the power from the driving-shaft 31 for rotating the frame 67 and may continue to revolve with said driving-shaft 31 without aecting the frame 67 during the latter part of the motion of said driving-shaft 31. The gear-wheel 8O performs one rotation with the driving-shaft 31 and then comes to a stop with said shaft; but the cigar-frame 67 comes to a stop prior to the stoppage of 'the gear-wheel 8O and driving-shaft 31 in order that after the wrapper' has been applied upon the head end of the cigar the tuck end of the latter may be trimmed, the cigar-frame 67 opened, and the cigar removed before the power-shaft 31 comes to a stop and after the frame 67 has become arrested. The relative proportions of the pinion-wheel 81, the gearwheel 80, and gear-wheel 82 are such that the cigar-frame 67 will have a rapid rotation and will perform about four revolutions before coming to a stop during the one rotation of the main driving-shaft 31, the cigar being thus given a rather rapid rotation for the purpose of finishing, in the manner hereinafter described, the head end of the same.

The means for lowering the upper or cap section 57 to close the rotatory'frame 67 is the coiled spring 85, Figs. l, 2, and 8, on the sleeve 60, which is integral with said cap-section 57 and frame 59, of which said section is a part, and the means for elevating said cap-Y section 57, so as to open the frame 67 and lingers 68 69, is the cam 86, Figs. 4, l0, 34, andV 35, which is on the main shaft 31 and adapted to engage the arm 87, which projects rearwardly from the said frame 59. The cam'86 and arm 87 are shown in Fig. 4 in their normal at-rest position, and when in such position the edge 88 of the cam 86 engages the end of the arm 87 and holds the frame 59 in an inclined position, with its cap-section 57 elevated. When during the movement of the shaft 31 the recess 89 of the cam 86 reaches the end of the arm 87, it will allow the spring and the cap-section 57 will remain closed, and

when the projection 91 of the cam 86 contacts with the arm 87 it will depress the latter and turn the cap-section 57 upward, said section remaining in its upward or open position, Fig. 4, until after the machine comes to a stop and is started again. The machine always comes to a stop with the cam 86 and arm 87 in the relative positions in which they are shown in Fig. 4, the opening of the cap-section 57 resulting in the release of the cigar and the restoring of the rotatory frame 67vand fingers 68 and 69 into a condition preparing them to receive another cigar.

It has been explained above that when the cap-section 57 closes downward it becomes locked by the latch 78, and hence just prior to the opening upward of said section 57 by the cam 86 the latch 78 must be released, and to effect this result an arm 92, Figs. 4, 10, 24,V and 35, is provided on one face of the cani 86, said arm having for its purpose to contact with and push the spring-rod 93 inward, and thereby release the latch 78 just prior to the cam 86 acting to elevate the section 57. The rod 93 is adapted to slide in a horizontal bearing and has a spring tension outward by reason of the spring 94, Fig. 4, and said rod 93 at its front portion engages a pin 95, carried by an arm 96, extending downward from the tubular rock-shaft 97, carrying said latch 78. The spring 94 and rod 93 act to keep the latch 78pressed inward at its upper end, so that it may automatically engage the pin 79 of the cap-section 57 as soon as the latter closes downward, and the arm 92 in the regular operation of the machine releases the latch 78 by pushing inward on the rod 93, so as to permit the cam 86 to elevate said section 57. The latch 78 is equipped with a suitable thumbpiece 98, by which the operator may at any time desired turn the upper end of the latch 78 outward to free the cap-section 57.

It will be observed on reference to Fig. 4

that the teeth of the gear-wheel 82 engage the teeth ol both sections of the rotatory frame 67, the center of said gear-wheel 82 being substantially on a line with the center of said frame, and in view of this arrangement the upper section of said frame may roll upward and downward upon said gear-wheel 82 during the opening and closing of the upper section or cap 57 of the frame-casing. When the upper section or cap 57 is lowered from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 4, the said section 55 will have a slight turning motion on the said section or cap 57, so that upon the upper section 55 reaching the lower section 56 the halves 55 and 56 will form a complete cylinder, with gear-teeth extending entirely around the same.

The thimble cmd its cooperating parts- The means for giving to the cigar its rotary motion, by which the loose portion of the wrapper at the head end of the cigar is caused,

by the coperation of other devices hereinaf ter described, to be wrapped around said end having' been described, l will proceed to a description of the thimble 99 and the parts connected and cooperating therewith, by which the loose portion of the wrapper at the head end of the cigar is controlled, trimmed, and caused to be directly and properly wrapped upon and secured to the cigar.

The thimble 99 is preferably of metal and contains a substantially conical recess 100 to receive the head end of the cigar, while the body of the cigar is supported or held by the cigar-clamping fingers 68 69, and said thimble 99 is adjacent to the rotatory frame 67 and has its recess 100 in line with the center of said frame 67. The thimble 99 is detachably secured upon its bed 101, Fig. 2, and at its lower side is provided with the rod 102, Fig. 5, which has a groove 103 at its lower end and is passed downward through a vertical hole in the said bed 101, wherein is provided a pivoted arm 104, whose edge may be pressed into said groove 103 to thereby engage said rod 102 and secure the thimble 99 in place and at the saine time to permitof the convenient detachment of the thimble 99 when necessary. vVhen the arm 104 is turned to carry its edge from the rod 102, the latter will be released and the thimble 99 may be elevated from its bed 101.

The recess 100 of the thimble 99 is of known form and utility; but the exterior form of the said thimble 99 is of advantage, in that thereby the loose portion of the wrapper 'at the head end of the cigar is caused to feed into the recess 100 and around the head end of t-he cigar in a manner to insure the proper laying of said wrapper around said end of the cigar, whereby irregularities, roughness, tucks, or wrinkles at the head end of the cigar are avoided. The left-hand end of the thimble 99 is atan angle to the central line of the recess 100, as denoted at 105 in Fig. 12. The upper table portion 106 of said thimble at the front of the recess 100 narrows from the Wider or right-hand end of said recess toward the left-hand end thereof, this table terminating at the smaller end or apexvof the conical recess 100, and said thimble at the front of said table portion 106 inclines downward and outward toward the left, as at 107, Figs. 2, 3, and 12, there being a .detined line 108 between the table portion 1.06 and said portion 107, this line 10S representing an angle or shoulder, over which the loose end of the cigar-wrapper moves on its way from over the curved and inclined portion 107 to and over the table 106. The form of the table 106 and of the portion 107 of the thimble 99 is to guide the loose end of the cigar-wrapper into the recess 100 on the line of the cone represented by the head end of the cigar, the feed of t-he wrapper to the head end of the cigar being on a curved line extending from the inner edge of the right-hand portion of the table 106 leftward to the inner edge of the left end of said table 106. The loose portion of the tobacco-wrapper at the head end of the cigar is of course soft and pliable and is manually spread over the table 106 and down upon the inclined portion 107 of the thimble 99, and during theoperation of the machine this loose portion of the wrapper is drawn over the thimble and into the recess100 and wrapped around the head end of the cigar.

The thimble 99 is employed in conjunction with means for applying the paste upon the cigar-wrapper, a knife for trimming o that portion of the wrapper which may overhang or extend beyond the outer side 105 of the thimble, means for lightly hammering the wrapper as it is drawn around the cigar, and means for controlling and turning downward the overhanging portion of the wrapper beyond the thimble, and these several operative parts, with the means for actuating the same, will now be described.

The wrapper-trimming knife-The knife for trimming off the surplus portion of the wrapper overhanging the outer angular side 105 of the thimble 99 is numbered 112 and is formed with the several blades 113, Fig. 13, the upper one of which is larger than the lower ones and is adapted at the proper time to make the final cut against the overhanging portion of the wrapper. The knife 112 is pivotally mounted close to the inner portion of the angular side 105 ofthe thimble 99 and in use is connected with the inner end of the shaft 114, Figs. 2, 5, and 12, which is mounted in bearings 115, supported upon the upper end of the standard 116, which is supported upon the bed of the machine. The shaft 114 may turn in the bearings 115, and between the collar 117 on said shaft and the outer bearing 115 is provided a coiled spring 118, which exerts a tension, pushing the shaft 114 toward the angular side 105 of the thimble 99, so as to keep the knife 112 close against said thimble. The outer end of the shaft 114 is provided with a head or handle 119, and the inner end of the said shaft 114 carries a plate IOO IIC

120, which corresponds in size with the circular shank 121, Fig. 13, of the knife 112 and engages with two small studs (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5) the apertures 122 in said shank, so as to thereby effect the turning of the knife 112 with the shaft 114. The inner extremity of the shaft 114 enters the circular aperture 123 in the shank 121 of the knife 112, and hence the said knife is mounted on the inner extremity of the said shaft and is keyed to said shaft by reason of the engagement of the plate 120 with the apertures 122 in the shank of the said knife. One purpose of thus securing the knife 112 with the shaft 114 is to enable the ready detachment of the said knife whenever it may be desired to sharpen the blades 113. The knife 112 may be removed from the machine by simply grasping the head 119 and pulling the shaft 114 outward against the stress of the spring 118, thus carrying the knife 112 from x the side of the thimble 99 and permitting the attendant to simply move the knife 112 from the shaft 114 and plate 120, and thereupon the spring 118 will move the shaft 114 back toits former position. (Shown in Fig. When it is desired to replace the knife 112 into operative position, the attendant will again pull outward on the head 119 of the shaft 114 and, while holding onto the head 119, restore the knife 112 on the inner eX- tremity of the shaft 114 and against the plate 120, and thereupon by releasing the head 119 thespring 118 will again move the shaft 114 toward the thimble 99 and secure the knife 112 against the angular side 105 of said thimble in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 12. The knife 112 has imparted to it through the shaft 114 an oscillatory movement, and the shaft 114 receives its movement from the segment 124, secured on said shaft, and the vertical rack-bar 125, which engages said segment 124 and is caused to have a-vertical slidingv movement on the vertical guide-rod 126 from the cam 127, Figs. 1, 5, 8, 32, and 33, through the medium of the leverarm 128, .whose front, Fig. 5, is pivotally secured to the lug 129, extending rearward' from the vertical sleeve 130, which is integral with the said rack-bar 125 and is directly guided on the vertical rod 126. The rear end of the lever-arm 128 is mounted on the short shaft 131 and carries between the upturned lugs 132 the pivoted arm 133, whose upper end carries a roller 134 in position to be engaged by that portion of the cam-Wheel 127 which contains the series of projections 135, these projections acting on the arm 133 and causing the several blades of the knife 112 to make individual cuts through the overhanging portion of the tobacco-leaf. That part of the cam 127 which contains the projections 135 -protrudes outward beyond the remaining periphery of the cam-wheel 127, and when this portion (without regard to the projections 135) acts against the arm 133, connected with the lever-arm 128, it will force the arm 133 rearward and elevate the front end of the arm 128, with the result of causing the sleeve 130 and rack-bar 125 to move upward, and this upward movement of the rack-bar125 effects, through the segment 124, the turning frontward of the shaft 114, which shaft is thus enabled to turn the knife 112 and cause the blades of the latter to out downward through the overhanging portion of the tobacco-leaf. While the knife 112 is thus being turned downward against the tobaccoleaf the projections 135 on the cam-wheel 127 cause the blades 113 of the said knife 112 to makeindividual thrusts or cuts into said leaf, Y

the final cut being made by the longer blade Y Y 113 of said knife. The arm 133 is adjustable with respect to the cam-wheel 127 by'meansV of the set-screw 136, Figs. 1 and 5, which extends throughthe sleeve 137 and bears at its lower end against the hub at the rear end of the lever-arm 128. By moving the screw 136 downward through the sleeve 137 the upper end of the arm 133 will be forcedcloser against the cam 127 and by moving the screw 136 upward through the sleeve 137 the upper end of the arm 133 will be moved outward from the periphery of the cam 127, and by this adjustment of the screw 136 I may regulate to some extent the action of the knife 112. The-cam 127 through its portion containing the projections 135 effects the elevation of the front end of the lever-arm and the turning downward of the blades of the knife 122 to cut through the tobacco-leaf, and the restoration of the arm 128, rack-bar 125, and knife 112 to thei r initial normal position is efectedrby the pin 138, which projects from the side of the cam 127, and after the cutting by the knife 112 has been performed passes into contact with the upper edge of the lever-arm 128 and pushes said arm 128 downward, thereby causing the rack-bar 125 to descend on the guide-rod 126 and effect the reversal of the movement of the segment 124, shaft 114, and

knife 112, the knife 112 being thus restored Y arm 128; but itis to be understood that prior' to the starting of the driving-shaft 31 inmotion the cigar will be placed on the lower section 56 of the rotatory frame 67 and have its. head end introduced into the recess 'of the thimble 99, the loose projecting portion ofthe wrapper at the said head end of the cigar bei ing placed upon the upper front surface of the said thimble. Thereupon the drivingshaft 31 is startedin motion, and prior tothe Y projections of the cam 127 reaching the roller 134, connected through the arm 133 withV the lever-arm 128, the cam 86 will permit the spring 85 to close the cap-section 57 and framesection 55 downward around the-cigar, and

the clamping-fingers 68 69 will also therefore, prior to the cam 127 affecting the lever-arm 128, close upon the cigar. rlhus during the first part of the rotation of the main drivingshaft 31 the cam 127 will perform no function, but very soon thereafter that portion of the cam 127 having the projections 135 will reach the roller 134, connected with the lever-arm 128, and effect the elevation of the rack-bar 125 and the turning downward of t-he blades of the knife 112, the projections 135, as above described, causing said blades to make distinct thrusts through the tobacco-leaf, the distance between said projections 135 governing the time between the thrusts of said blades.

Paste-nozzle. and hammer-The means for applying the paste upon the cigar-wrapper at the thimble 99 is a hinged nozzle 139, to which the paste is supplied from the cylindrical reservoir, (shown in detail in Figs. 14, 15, and 16,) and which will be hereinafter fully described. The cylindrical paste-reservoir is numbered 140 and is connected with the nozzle 139 by means of a flexible tube 141, through which the paste in limited quantities is expressed and caused to issue through the lower contracted end 142 of the nozzle 139 to and upon the cigar-wrapper. The nozzle 139 is mounted upon the pin 143, which is secured in a horizontal sleeve 144, Fig. 1, carried at the upper end of the standard 145, extending upward (for convenience) from the thimble 99, the said standard 145 serving simply to support the hinged nozzle 139 at a suitable elevation. The coiled spring 146, Figs. 1 and 2, is provided on the outer projecting` portion of the vpin 143 to exert a normal tension to turn the nozzle 139 downward toward the thimble 99, so that the lower contracted end 142 of said nozzle will close a portion of the recess 100 in said thimble and reach the cigar-wrapper at the head end of the cigar. rlhe nozzle 139 is by means of the spring 146 normally pressed downward, and the said spring is controlled and the movement of the said nozzle 139 is regulated by means of a cam 147, Figs. l, 5, 29, and 30, which is mounted upon the driving-shaft 31 and cooperates with the leverarm 148, hung from the pin or shaft 131 at the rear side of the machine, the said arm 148 extending frontward below the driving shaft 31, and being` connected by a link 149, Fig. 5, with an arm 150, which extends rearward and normally slight ly downward from the noz zle 139.

The lever-arm 148 has a projection 151, Fig. 5, which is directly below the periphery of the cam 147 and is acted upon by the irregularities of the said periphery. Thespring 146, which normally tends to turn the pastenozzle 139 downward, also has the elfect of pulling upward on the link 149, and thereby keeping the projection 151 of the lever-arm 148 close against the periphery of the cam 147, whereby all irregularities in the said periphery of said cam are enabled to act upon the said lever-arm 148 and the paste-nozzle 139 connected therewith. When the parts of the machine are in their normal at-rest condition, the paste-nozzle 139 will be in its upper position, and the smooth surface 152 of the cam 147 will be upon the projection 151 of the lever-arm 148, and upon the starting of the machine in motion the smooth surface 152 of the cam 147 will at the point 153 pass from off the said projection 151, and the said projection will under the action of the spring 146 pass inward to the smaller diameter of the cam 147 adjacent to the said point 153, this permitting` the spring 146 to close. the nozzle 139 downward to the thimble 99, where it will partly close the recess 100. The continued rotation of the driving-shaft 31 and cam 147 will then cause the toothed surface 154 of said cam to pass over the projection 151 of the lever-arm 148,with the effect of causing a vibratory motion in said lever-arm 148 and the communication of said vibratory motion through the link 149 to the paste-nozzle 139, thereby causing the lower contracted end 142 of the said paste-nozzle to rapidly hammer the tobacco-wrapper as it is drawn around the head end of the cigar then in the thimble 99. The hammering of the Wrapper at the head end of the cigar materially aids in imparting a uniform finish to the cigar and the prevention of any bulging of the wrapper thereon. When the nozzle 139is in its lower position, the paste is expressed from the same in limited quantities. While the toothed portion 154 of the cam 147 is passing over the projection 151 of the lever-arm 148 the hammering action bythe contracted end 142 of the paste-nozzle 139 will continue,and after the said toothed portion 154 of said cani 147 leaves the projection 151 the smooth regular surface of the cam 147 will ride against the said projection 151 and retain the leverarm 148 stationary with the paste-nozzle 139 in its lower position, said paste-nozzle 139 thus remaining stationary during the latter part of the rotation ofthe cigar in the thimble 99. After the cigar has been rotated sufficiently for the completion of its head end the greater projecting portion of said cam 147 will pass against the projection 151 of the lever-arm 148 and drive said lever-arm down ward, and thereby through the link 149 effect the elevation of the paste-nozzle 139 to its normal position free of the thimble 99.

The forcing downward of the lever-arm 148 by the projecting portion 152 of the cam 147 overcomes the stress of the spring 146 and permits the link 149, bypulling downward on the arm 150, to elevate the lower projecting portion 142 of the nozzle 139 from the thimble 99. When the portion 142 of the nozzle 139 is in its lower position, it substantially closes the outer end of the recess 100 of the thimble 99, and when the said portion 142 of the paste-nozzle is in its upper position it leaves the recess 109 fully exposed to admit of the introduction therein of the head end of the cigar. I

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It has been described before that the paste is expressed through the contracted portion 142 of the paste-nozzle 139 when said portion 142 is at its lower position, and it is obvious that when the nozzle 139 has been turned to its upper position the paste should not be.

caused to pass through the same. The paste is therefore supplied to the nozzle 139 by an intermittent action and only at a time when the nozzle 139 is in its lower position.

The action of the contracted portion 142 of the paste-nozzle in hammering the wrapper as it is drawn around the cigar may be adjusted and controlled by means of a stopscrew 155, (see Fig. 5,) which passes through the bodyof said nozzle 139 and is adapted when said nozzle is in its lower position to contact with a stop-lug 156 on the rear part ofthe thimble99, as shown in Figs. 2,3,and 12. During the hammering' action of the nozzle 139 the point of the screw 155 contacts with the said stop-lug 156, and hence the contracted end 142 of the said nozzle 139 will not become bruised or extend downward unduly at any time. The screw 155 may be adjusted to regulate the extent to which the contracted end 142 of the nozzle 139 shall move downward, and hence said screw 155 will determine the strength of the blow with which the said contracted end 142 of the nozzle shall strike the cigar-head, and the said screw 155 by its adjustment may also determine the amount of space which should be left between the lower end of the contracted portion 142 of the nozzle 139 and the uppersurface of the thimble 99 when said nozzle is in its lower position, it being necessary that some space be left between the upper surface of the thimble 99 and the lower edge of the contracted end 142 of the paste-nozzle 139 in order that the projecting portion of the tobacco-leaf may properly feed inward to the recess 100.

It will be observed on reference to Fig. 5 that there are certain blank spaces left between the projections 154 of the cam 147. The projections 154 of the said cam 147 effect the hammering of the cigar-wrapper through the medium of the contracted end 142, and the said spaces 157,intermediate said projections, are provided to allow the paste-nozzle to remain at rest during those periods in which the severalrblades of the knife 112 are making their thrusts through the tobacco-leaf overhanging the angular side of the thimble 99. The blank spaces 157 of the cam 147 are therefore arranged with respect to the projections of the cam 127 so that at the time that the several projections 135 are respectively acting on the knife 112 the spaces 157 of the cam 147 will allow the paste-nozzle 139 to remain at rest, these intervals at which the paste-nozzle may remain at rest to provide for the cutting action of the knife 112 being of course very brief and their object being to enable the paste-nozzle to aid in holding the cigar firmly in the conical recess 100 while the blades of the knife 112 are cutting intoV the wrapper. The cam-wheel 147 is made in two pieces, as shown in Figs. 29 and 31, the

piece having the projections 154 being of steel and secured to the other piece, which may be of cast-iron. Y

The paste-'reservoir and its cope'rcufvlngV parta- The action of the nozzle 139 in supplying paste to the wrapper at the head end of the cigar and in hammering the wrapper at said end of the cigar having been described,

it is appropriate that the means for feeding the paste to said nozzle 139 be here described. The paste in bulk is supplied to the cylin-V dric'al reservoir 140 and is expressed from theV same through the tube 141 to the nozzle 139,

said paste passing through the latter to the cigar-wrapper. The details of the paste-reservoir and its coperating parts are more clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 4, 14, l5, and 16. The cylindrical reservoir 140 has upon its forward end, through which it is filled,the screwcap 160, which terminates in a contracted.V

spout 161, which receives one end of the flexible paste-tube 141.

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The rear end of the cyl-V i inder 140 is closed, as shown in Fig. 14, and Y within the cylinder 140 is provided a suitable piston 162, con necled with a threaded piston-r rod 163, the latter extending through the rear end of said cylinder 140 and having along one side a continuous groove 164, Fig. 14, into which the point of a screw passes, said screw serving to prevent the piston-rod 163 from having any rotation without interfering with said rod, having imparted to it a direct y longitudinal motion. The screw 165 passes through a thickened portion of the metal at the rear end ofthe cylinder 140, and said cylinder is rigidly, though detachably, mounted within the sleeve 166, cast upon the upper end of the standard 167, which is fastened by screws or otherwise upon the bed-plate 30. The cylinder 140 is locked in position within thesleeve 166 by means of an arm 168, carried by the cylinder, and a hinged catch 169, which turns downward against the outer side of the said arm 168 after the latter by au axial motion of the cylinder 140 has been turned into a recess formed in the lug 170 of the sleeve.

The hinged catch 169 is secured by a i' 166. screw to the side of a lug cast on the upper side of the aforesaid sleeve 166. When the hinged catch 169 is turned upward,^the cylinder 140 by an axial motion to the right will carry its arm 168 from the lug 170, and theV ward motion, so as to move the piston 162V against the paste contained in the front portion of the cylindrical reservoir 140, and this Y clutch mechanism comprises the wheel .171'

and plate 172, said wheel 171 having the cy.-

lindrical hub 173, Fig. 14, which is mounted in the bearing 174 on the upper end ot' the cast standard 167, being held therein by the cap 175, which is fastened by screws and contains the screw 176, by which a tension may he placed upon the hub 173, so as to prevent any undue rotation of said hub, but without interfering with the proper movement of the hub during the rotation by intermittent movements of the wheel 171. The plate 172 tits against the rim of the Wheel 171, and while being mounted upon the tubular hub 173 of said wheel itself has a tubular hub 177, which is in the form of an eccentric, as shown in Fig. 15, and has placed upon it the dog 178, the latter at its outer portion by means of a spring 179, Fig. 16, being connected with the face of the plate 172 and the outer edges of the said dog 178 engaging the inner surface of the rim of the wheel171. The plate 172 is given simply an oscillatory motion on the tubular hub 173 and does not, therefore, lat any time make a complete rotation. During the oscillatory motion of the plate 172 the dog 178 is caused to impart by intermittent motions a rotary motion to the wheel 171, the Wheel 171,plate 172,and dog 178 constitutingaclutch mechanism. Vhen the plate 172 is given a partial rotary motion in one direction, the dog 178 will slip over the surfaces of the rim of the wheel'171 without imparting any motion to said wheel, and when the plate 172 is given a partial rotary motion in the other direction the dog 178 will engage said rim of said wheel and cause said wheel to have a rot-ary motion corresponding in extent with that of the plate 172, the dog 178 then locking the wheel 171 and plate 172 together'. When the plate 172 is moved to carry the outer portion of the dog 178 in a direction toward the spring 179, (shown in Fig. 16,) said dog will not engage the rim of the wheel 171; but when the motion of said plate 172 is reversed the eccentricity of the tubular hub 177 will cause said dog 178 to lock against the rim of the wheel 171 and tie said wheel and said plate 172 together. Thus while the plate 172 has simply an oscillatory motion on the tubular hub 173 the wheel 171 will be compelled to rotate by successive or intermittent movements. The movement of the wheel 171 is, by the mechanism presently to be described, imparted to the piston-rod 163, the latter having, as above described, simply a direct longitudinal motion and no rotary motion.

l will first describe the means for imparting to the plate 172 its oscillatory motion and then the means by which the rotary motion of the wheel 171 is caused to impart to the piston-rod 163 its direct horizontal motion.

The plate 172 is provided at opposite sides with the apertured ears 180 and 181, and the ear 181 is connected with a coiled spring 182, which extends downward aud is secured to the side of the cast standard 167, Fig. 4. This spring is under a constant tension, pulling downward on the ear 181, and consequently has a tendency to turn the plate 172 toward that. side of the cast standard 167 to which the spring is secured. '[he ear 180 of the plate 172 is connected by a link-rod 183 with the pivoted lever 184, which is mounted upon the pin 131, Figs. 1 and 4, and has a forwardly-extending arm 185, which is engaged by the cam 186, Figs. 1, 32, and 33, located on the main driving-shaft 3l. During each revolution of the main driving-shaft 31 the cam 186, acting against the arm 185 of the pivoted lever 184,operates,when the pastenozzle 139 is in its lower position, to pull the rod 183 downward, and thereby to turn the plate 172, against the stress of the spring 182, toward that side of the cast standard 167 at which said rod 183 is located, and during the said rotation of the main driving-shaft 31 the cam 186 permits the spring 182 to restore the plate 172 to its normal position or thatoccupied before the said cam 18o' exerted its iniiuence in pulling downward on the rod 183. Thus during each revolution of the drivingshaft. 31 the motion of the plate 172 is caused first in one direction by the downward pull of the rod 183 and then in the reverse direction by the downward pull of the spring 182 while the latter is restoring the plate 172 to its normal position.

The means for imparting the oscillatory motion to the plate 172 having been described and it having been hereinbefore described how the motion of the plate 172 is caused to impart an intermittent rotary motion to the wheel 171, I will now describe the means by which the motion of the wheel 171 is caused to impart a direct horizontal motion to the piston-rod 163. Upon the front face of the wh( el 171 are provided the two parallel blocks 187 187, Figs. 4, 14, and 16, and between these two blocks 187 is confined the nut 188, which is on the threaded stem 163. When the wheel 171 is rotated, the blocks 187 187 engage and rotate the nut 188, and since the latter is prevented from traveling longitudinally of the stem 163 it is obvious that the stem 163 must travel through it, and thus it is that the stem 163 and piston 162 receive their longitudinal movement to express the paste from the reservoir 140. Since said rod 163 is-held against rotation by means of the screw 165, the said rod is compelled and only permitted to have a direct traveling motion, the nut 188 forcing said rod to travel forward.

After the paste has been exhausted from the cylindrical reservoir 140 said reservoir will be freed from the sleeve 166, and the cylinder 140, with its rod 163 and nut 188, may be immediately withdrawn from the machine and said cylinder 140 be then recharged with paste and restored to the sleeve 166, the piston-rod 163 passing directly through the tubular sleeve 173. Upon the return of the rod 163 through the sleeve 173 the operator will see that the nut 188 passes between the blocks 187 187 and then secure the cylinder 140 by means of the latch 169.

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' The wheel 171 is by the clutch mechanism, as hereinbefore described, given an intermittent rotary motion and through the nut 188 imparts a direct intermittent travel to the piston-rod 163 and piston 162, with the result that the piston 162 will express in limited quantities the paste through the dexible tube 141 and into and through the lower contracted portion 142 of the nozzle 139.

The motion of the plate 172 in one direction is of course limited by the amount of throw which the cam 186 imparts through the rod 183 to the same, and the motion of plate 172 in the reverse direction under the action of the spring 182is limited by the contact ofthe stop-plate 190 against the stopscrew 191, secured in the lng 192 on the cap 175, located over the tubular bearing 174 for the wheel 171. The screw 191is provided in order that the stop checking the throw of the plate 172 under the action of the spring 182 may be adjustable, thereby to regulate the extent of movement the plate 172 shall have, and consequently the extent of movement which shall be imparted to the piston-rod 163 and piston 162 during each of the intermittent movements of the wheel 171.

The means for controlling and turning downward the portion of the cilgar-wrcgoper ooerhdngt'ng the outer edge of the thimble.- The means for controlling and turning downward that portion of the cigarwrapper which may overhang the angular side 105 ot' the thimble 99 consists of the arm 192, having a broadened outer end or plate 193, carrying at its edge adjacent to the thimble 99 a strip of rubber or other flexible material 194, Figs. 1 and 6, together with suitable means operated from the main driving-shaft 31 for imparting to said arm 192 the proper movements for enabling the strip of exible material 194 to act upon the over-hanging portion of the cigar-wrapper. The arm 192 is secured to a sleeve 195, Figs. 6 and 7, which is mounted to slide vertically and turn axially upon a rod 196, and said sleeve 195, carrying the arm 192, is given an upward tension under the force of the spring 197, coiled laround the lower end of said rod. The sleeve 195 at one side and near its lower end carries a roller 198, which engages and is adapted to ride upon a spiral cam 199. The spring 197 normally keeps the sleeve 195 elevated, with the roller 198 at the top of the cam 199, as shown in Fig. 6, the initial position of the arm 192 then being that shown in Fig. 1.

The sleeve 195 and arm 192 are caused to move downward on the rod 196, compressing and winding up the spring 197, by means of the bellcrank lever-arm 200, which engages that said sleeve will carry the arm 192 from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1 inward, over, and downward against thatrportion of the tobacco-leaf which may overhang the angular side 105 of the thimble 99. arm 192, carrying the flexible strip or blade 194, is normally higher than the thimble 99 and. descends while turning inward on a spiral line governed by the cam 199, and when I thus descending the exible strip 194 wipes downward against the over-hanging portion of the leaf and brushes it downward prepara? tory to the descent of the knife 112 against the same. While the projecting portion of the cam 201 is leaving the arm 200, the spring 197 elevates the sleeve 195, and at the same time, being connected at its upperend therewith, Fig. 7, causes said sleeve to turn axially Y and the roller 198 to ride up the cam 199, whereby said sleeve and the arm 192 become restored to their normal initial position.V

(Shown in Fig. 1.) The spring 197 is connected at'its upperend to the sleeve 195 and at its lower end to the rigid base, Fig. 7, and hence said spring becomes wound up as well as compressed during the axial and down motion of the sleeve 195.

I regard the strip of exible material 194 at the outer end of the arm 192 as of importance, since thereby the said arm 192 may with great freedom and closeness of contact act upon that portion of the cigar-wrapper which may be overhanging the edge of the thimble 99 and without any danger of injury to or straining the wrapper or pulling it in irregular lines from over the edge of said thimble. In the absence of the strip of ilexible material 194 the then rigid edge of the arm 192 would have to be nicely adjusted with respect to the thimble 99 and would have to be sufficiently removed from said thimbleV not to crush or bind against the overhanging portion of the cigar-wrapper. The flexible strip 194 on the end of the arm 192 for contact with the cigar-wrapper enables the direct engagement with the wrapper, and consequently the wrapper is placed under positive, though yielding, control and is correctly managed without injury to itself or interference with the required duties of the knife 112.

llectns for 'withdrawing the cigar from the Humble 99 and fronte 67 and trimming the tuck end of sama-The means for withdrawing the cigar after the completion of the head of same and trimming the tuck end of the cigar comprise the cutters or knives 205 and 206, together with the mechanism for operating said knives, Figs. l, 2, 11, 17, and 20.

The knives 205 and 206 are pivot-ally mount-` ed upon the bolt or pin 207, Figs. 11 and'20, which is secured within the frontwardly-projecting lug 208,which is integral with the slidecarriage 209, mounted at its rear bifurcated to slide upon the driving-shaft 31.

portion of the carriage 209 is in the form'of sleeve 212, and this sleeve is mounted upon an inner sleeve 213, which is mounted upon the oscillatory shaft 64 and is adapted to have a sliding motion on said shaft. The sleeve 213 is by means of a key 214, Fig. 11, and groove 215, Fig. 2, secured to the shaft 64, so as to turn therewith in the manner hereinafter described. The knives 205 and 206 are secured to bell-crank levers 216 and 217, respectively, Fig. 11, said bell-crank levers being centered upon the pin or bolt 207 and also pivotally secured at their vertical arms to the transverselyslidable bifurcated plate 218. The sliding motion of the plate 218, operating through the bell-crank levers 216 and 217, moves the knives 205 and 206 to their closed position (shown in- Fig. 11 by full lines) or opens said knives from one another to the dotted position in whichthey are illustrated in Fig. 11. The form of the transversely-slidable plate 218 is clearly indicated in Fig. 11, and this plate at its rear end is bifurcated and rests within a groove in the sleeve 211, as shown in Fig. 20. The plate 218 thus travels with the carriage 209 and in addition is adapted to have a transverse sliding motion for the purpose of opening and closing the `knives 205 and 206. The plate 218 is normally held in its rear position (shown by full lines in Figs. 11 and 20) by means of the coiled spring 220, which is inclosed within the carriage 209 and presses rearward against the pin 221, secured to the plate 218 and projecting inward into the central recess of the carriage 209. The spring220,pressing against the pin 22l,pushes said pin and the plate 218 rearward, with the normal effect of closing the knives 205' 206 toward one another. The plate 218 is pressed forward at the proper time against the stress of the spring 220 by means of the cam 222, Figs. 20, 40, and 41, secured on the left-hand end of the sleeve 213,in position when said sleeve is turned by the turning` of the shaft 64 to move against the pin 223,connected with the aforesaid plate 218, said cani 222 when turning forward being adapted to move against the said pin 223 and push the plate 218 forward, with the result of causing said plate to act, through the bell-crank levers 216 and 217, to open the knives 205 206 from one another to the position in which they are illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 11. Thus the spring 220, acting on the plate 218, exerts a normal yielding tension to close the knives 205 206 toward one another, and said knives are at the proper time positively opened against the stress of said spring 220 by means of the cam 222.

I will first describe the means for impart-ing to the carriage 209 a traveling or sliding Inotion toward and from the cigar-clamping iingers 68 aud 69 and then describe the means lor operating the shaft 64 and through said shaft the cam 222. The traveling motion imparted to the carriage 209 and the parts carried thereby is derived from the main drivingshaft 31 through the grooved cam 224 thereon, Figs. 1 2, 42, and 43, which engages the upper end of a short arm 225, Figs. 2, 11, and 17, extending upward from a rock-shaft 226, to which is secured the upwardly-extending 1ever-arm 227, between ears at the upper end of which is secured the horizontal longitudinally-extending rod 228, whose left-hand end is held within a sleeve 229, pivotally secured to the upper side of the carriage 209, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the said sleeve 229 being equipped with a finger-screw 230, by which the rod 228 maybe secured within said sleeve 229. The rotation of the driving-shaft 31 and cam 224 will impart, through the short arm 225, a rocking motion to the shaft 226, and this shaft 226 will impart an oscillatory motion to the lever-arm 227, carrying the rod 228, with the result that the rod 228 will move the carriage 209 and the parts carried thereby firsttoward the thimble 99 and then toward the right from said thiinlole.

The means for actuating the shaft 64 to operate the knives 205 and 206 through the cam 222 are illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 17, 18, and 19, in which it may be seen that upon the end of the driving-shaft 31 is secured a cam 231 (also shown in Figs. 38 and 39) and that upon the -end of the shaft 64 is secured the sleeve 232,

having the two crank-arms 233 and 234, while to the end of the crank-arm 234 is pivotally secured the rod 235, which contains the slot 236, Fig. 19, to straddle the driving-shaft 31 and at its rear end is provided with the roller 237, in position to be engaged by the periphery ot' the cam 231. The crank-arm 233 carries the roller 238, which at the proper time is acted upon by the side projection 239 of the said @am 231, said projection 239 acting exclusively on the crank-arm 233 and the cam 231 acting exclusively through the arm 235 on the crank-arm 234, the projection 239 acting through the crank-arm 233 to turn the shaft 64 in one direction, and the cam 231 acting through the arm 235 on the crank-arm 234 to turn the shaft 64 in the reverse direction when the body of a cigar is between the knives 205 206.

When the knives 205 206 are at their extreme outward position to the right, (shown in Fig. 1,) they will be closed together in the condition in which they arge shown in Fig. 11, and the crank-arms 233 and 234 and cam 231 will be in their normal initial position. (Shown in Fig. 17.) Upon the starting of the machine in operation the driving-shaft 31 and oan1224 will operate, through the arm' 225, rook-shaft 226, lever-arm 227, and rod 228, to move the carriage 209 with the knives 205 206 toward the left until said carriage reaches a predetermined position, governed by the length of the cigar being manufactured. During the travel toward the left of the carriage 209 through the instrumentality of the cam 224 and intermediate devices the cam 231, turning toward the rear, Fig. 17, Will carry its curved periphery against the roller 237 on the end of the arm 235, with the result of pushing said arm 235 rearward and IIO 

